James Gurney

This daily weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools and museums.

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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

This drawing from 1989 is an early experimental (and failed) attempt to work out the technique for Dinotopia.

But it needs a humorous caption. So I'm inviting you to contribute one in the comments below. Either the dinosaur or the kid could be talking.

The deadline is tomorrow, Thursday at 9:00 p.m., Eastern time. I'll pick three finalists, each of whom will receive as a gift a signed, two-sided poster for Imaginative Realism (the book itself will be published in early October).

On Friday you'll be able to vote on your favorite of the three caption finalists. The grand prize winner will receive an additional Dinotopia poster and a hand-drawn remarque.

As the last Dinosaur was about to eat the Iocane powder laced hot dog, Little Jimmy Gurney's plan was abot to come to fruition. He would now have all the worlds dinosaurs stuffed in his studio, so he would never have to make another Dinosaur Maquette.

____billy knew just what to do with 45 pounds of stale fruit cake____it was then that dinosaurs muttered there first words "its either your leggs or your food kid, your choice"____the dinosaur and boy couldnt understand each other, but they shared a love for twinkies that bonded them for life.____scientists were suprised to find that dinosaurs main source of protein came from fish-sticks____on tuesdays for breakfast john shared his french toast with his dinosaur. on wednesdays for breakfast the dinosaur shared his insect larva with john.____even dinosaurs love kentucky fried dino____scientists recently discovered that the cause of dinosaurs extinction was bad cooking____one for me, fourty for you____even after losing three fingers, billy still loved feeding dinosaurs____for a young bruce lee it was a fair trade, 20 pounds of meatloaf for a dino-kung-fu lesson____happiness is a boy, his dinosaur, and 20 hot apple pies____you give me some of your lunch and i wont tell your mom you've been flying on skybax____if this painting wasnt so bad, maybe this food would taste better!?____the most important part of a balanced diet is 15 doughnut bars in the morning____your right! super sculpy does taste like chicken!____i dont know about you kid, but i dont like the taste of tofu____i dont know, but maybe we should have taken the wrappers off first, before we ate them?____what do you get when you combine a dinosaur who has acid reflux disease, and 10 pounds of fudge?Dino-rrhea